Table 4. Physicochemical data summarized for Georgia rivers in water year 1977 (Wharton and 

 Brinson 1979a). Figures in parentheses are numbers of streams for which data were averaged. 



Table 5. Mean inorganic constituents (ppm) in selected Georgia coastal plain 

 rivers and in the "world average river" (modified from Beck et al. 1974). 



Rivers 



pH 



HCO, 



CI 



SO, 



Na 



Mg 



Ca 



SiO, 



Al 



Fe 



Mn 



0.8 3.70 1.00 0.74 



1.0 2.73 0.86 1.00 



1.2 3.42 0.74 1.01 



2.6 3.95 1.29 0.96 



11.2 



6.30 2.30 4.10 15.00 13.1 



0.67 



* Represents conditions in the Georgia coastal plain below the confluence with the Ohoopee River. 



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